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Danish Parliament Votes for SSL Gravity
--A state-of-the-art SSL Gravity MAM (Media Asset Management) system coupled to a Snell automation system will be instrumental in bringing Danish Parliament TV to the digital terrestrial network when national digital switchover occurs on November 1,

Iraq: Investment commission to use escrow system
The Iraqi investment commission is currently working on activating escrow system in Iraqi banks, to allow companies investing in the housing field to employ it, a member of the commission said Friday. 'The system will protect investors' rights in the

Titan industries relies on ESET for its IT security
ESS Software Distribution Consulting (P) Limited, ESET's Exclusive Distributor in India, has announced that Titan Industries Limited, the world's fifth largest and India's leading manufacturer of watches, is using total security solution ESET Smart

Full Disk Encryption in practice
Avinash Salian highlights the repercussions of data loss and urges the need for full disk encryption Today's world is moving towards mobile computing due to which companies are replacing desktops with laptops. Corporate laptops mostly contain

Abbott Xience Prime DES gets CE mark, U.S. trial to follow
With a drug-eluting stent that promises more flexibility and safer outcomes after use, Abbott (Abbott Park, Illinois) plans to continue pushing past its competitors in the DES market. The company took a few steps and made further movements toward this

Waledac worm targeting July 4 spam offensive
The Waledac worm is gearing up for a spam campaign related to the July 4 holiday, a security researcher warned on Thursday. Researchers analyzing the code of the worm, which has been deploying updates to previously compromised PCs, have discovered that

Sarah Brown's tears for Gary McKinnon: PM's wife backs Mail campaign to stop extradition of man who hacked Pentagon
Face to face in Downing Street, two women wept yesterday over the plight of an autistic man threatened with life in a U.S. jail. Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister's wife, pledged her support to Gary McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp. It was a huge boost to the

Brown's tears for Gary McKinnon: PM's wife backs Mail campaign to stop extradition of man who hacked Pentagon
Face to face in Downing Street, two women wept yesterday over the plight of an autistic man threatened with life in a U.S. jail. Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister's wife, pledged her support to Gary McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp. It was a huge boost to the

Danish Parliament Votes for SSL Gravity
Gravity Provides Advanced Features and Ease of Use for New Danish Parliament TV Asset Management System DMN Newswire--2009-7-2--A state-of-the-art SSL Gravity MAM (Media Asset Management) system coupled to a Snell automation system will be instrumental

Security Guard's Mission Impossible Ends in Hacking Charges
Films himself while installing malware on hospital computers Adjust text size: Jesse William McGraw, a security guard at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas, Texas, has been charged with computer intrusion after he took his passion for spy movies to another

VeriSign Wins Silver Telly Award for Cart Whisperer Campaign
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/02/09 -- The inventive Cart Whisperer marketing campaign from VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, and creative group McCann Erickson, has

Users warned of "Michael Jackson" email virus
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Computer security firm Sophos warned Thursday that an virus is floating around the Internet and told people not to open an email claiming to contain secret songs and photos of Michael Jackson. The email has a subject line

PC makers offer China Internet filter
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory. The government had been set to introduce the

Spammers attempt to lure victims with fireworks
Spammers are so topical. Security vendor Symantec, which uses its probe network to catch and analyze spam, says the typical uptick in holiday-related spam in the weeks leading up to the Fourth of July. Usually spammers jump on holidays and other

McAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
When AV attacks IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan attacked core system files, in some cases causing the machines to display the dreaded blue screen of death.?

Cybersecurity: National Priority or Flavor the Week?
A White House-led plan to strengthen the nation?s computer networks is so overarching and ambitious that agencies worry that they don?t have enough knowledge or talent to take on the challenge. Everyone agrees that the United States needs to better

why is the U.S. so eager to lock up the Asperger's Syndrome hacker?
The determination to see Gary McKinnon rot in jail has been driven by American domestic politics. The case against him was launched in the febrile aftermath of the 9/11 attacks during the presidency of George W. Bush. Now his chances of escaping

US moving cautiously on new cyber security program
The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was supposed to

China delays controversial internet filtering plan
China has decided to delay its Green Dam programme that demanded installation of controversial web-filtering software on every computer manufactured and sold in the country from July 1st onwards. The Ministry of Industry and Information (MIIT) said the

US cyber security system project is troubled
THE FLAGSHIP project to protect the US government's computer networks from cyberspies has gotten bogged down by technical limitations and privacy concerns. claims that the latest version of the system, known as Einstein, won't be fully installed for 18

Court Forces Spammers to Cough Up $3.7 Million
Syndication: A U.S. district court is forcing a spam group to cough up $3.7 million they collected through fake weight-loss products and human growth hormone pills An alleged international spam ring--with key players located in Canada and St. Kitts--was

iPhone vulnerable to hackers
Flaw could allow hackers to remotely execute code. Security experts are warning of a serious vulnerability in the iPhone that could allow hackers to remotely execute code on the device. Security researcher Charlie Miller announced the findings at the

Virus Bulletin names top spam blockers
Tests gauge efficacy of latest tools. Security magazine Virus Bulletin has issued the results of a new test of spam blocking software. The second edition of the test pitted anti-spam filters against an archived collection of spam messages, and a live

McAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
When AV attacksIT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan attacked core system files, in some cases causing the machines to display the dreaded blue screen of death.?

PCs Running McAFee Anti Virus Attacked
PC's and servers running McAfee VirusScan have been deliberately attacked with several PC's crashing. Several Corporations in Europe simply closed their networks down in an effort to stop the attack. The attack on McAfee customers around the world is set

Happy ending to bizarre case of the cellphone and the hacker
Brooke Currey has had to live off friends after her bank account was hacked and all her money transferred to her Vodafone cellphone. The Ashburton woman's story comes with a happy ending, hurried along after a phone call to Vodafone by The Timaru Herald

Jackson virus and spam spreads on Internet
Tags: Michael Jackson, Viruses , San Francisco Read Comment | Post Comment SPAM ALERT: Researchers warned of increasing levels of viruses, spam using MJ's name. ibnlive.com is on mobile now. Read news, watch videos be a Citizen Journalist. Log on to

Jackson fans targetted by online virus
Grieving Michael Jackson fans are the new prey of computer virus creators. A mass-mailing worm is using Jackson's death as bait, computer security company Symantec has discovered. The worm sends out spam emails with the subject 'Remembering Michael

How to guard against scams, frauds and phishing expeditions
In the current climate, it is more important than ever to safeguard your investments as more predators attempt to get their hands on your hard-earned cash. Scams can come in all shapes and sizes. One to be aware of is the boiler-room scam, perpetrated by

McAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan attacked core system files, in some cases causing the machines to display the dreaded blue screen of death. Details are still coming in, but